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SP wants probe by Bombay HC judge
The Samajwadi Party has demanded that the State Government order a probe by a sitting judge of the High Court into the Alair encounter in which five Muslim undertrials were killed by the Telangana Police on April 7. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Samajwadi Party\'s Maharashtra president and MLA Abu Asim Azmi demanded that a judge of Bombay High Court should be appointed to conduct the enquiry.
ALAIR ENCOUNTER
Hyderabad: The Samajwadi Party has demanded that the State Government order a probe by a sitting judge of the High Court into the Alair encounter in which five Muslim undertrials were killed by the Telangana Police on April 7. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Samajwadi Party's Maharashtra president and MLA Abu Asim Azmi demanded that a judge of Bombay High Court should be appointed to conduct the enquiry.
Raising doubts that the Telangana Government might not conduct a fair probe, he said entire trial of the probe into the encounter should be done in Maharashtra. He said that it was the country's first incident wherein undertrials were killed in judicial custody by the police. He also expressed concern that the Supreme Court did not take suo moto notice of the incident.
Abu Asim Azmi was accompanied with SP's AP and Telangana President Jagadish Yadav and MBT leader Amjed Ullah Khan. Earlier, Abu Asim Azmi visited the houses of all undertrials, who were killed in encounter, and interacted with their family members. He also gave financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh to the family of Md Zakir and Rs 2 lakh to the widow of Dr Hanif and also assured to take responsibility of providing education to his three children.
The family members of Syed Amjad, another undertrial who was killed declined to accept financial assistance. The SP leader also met Mohammed Ahmed, father of Viquaruddin Ahmed. Abu Asim Azmi demanded that the State Government provide Rs 20 lakh compensation to the families of those killed in fake encounter.
